This tree comes from Surinam and French Guyana but a similar tree also grows in Brasil. It sizes between 30 to 50 meters and has a right tall trunk.

The colour of its wood is variable according to the subjects and begins from light brown to purplish-blue red and the grey too. Its aspect is regular with a plain colour but it's characterized by a rough grain with some large ligneous vessels which create right lines.

It's a tough and heavy wood which is very durable. It's imputrescible and supports the bad weather well, from which the name of "teck of Guyana" which is gave it, even if there is no relation between these two woods.

Its seasoning is easy but one must be careful that this operation be made slowly because otherwise it has a tendency to split. When it's dry, it becomes abrasive.

Its uses are varied, going from the cabinet making to the outside woodwork, the cooperage, the floor planks and staircases. Owing to the fact that it exists large sizes of beam in that wood, it's also used to make some piles, hulls of ships...

It's a little tree, almost a shrub, high of 12 meters maximum. In reality, this name regroups several different woods which have in common the specific weight, the uniformity of the grain and the light yellow colour. One finds it in occidental Europe, England, Turkey, Iran but also in Asia and South of Africa.

Its grain is very fine with some right veins sometimes, more often irregular. It's very dense even after seasoning. This last operation must be made with the greatest care, because otherwise, it splits.

Used for a long time, this wood is very used for turning wood work, wood engraving and marquetry. It makes it possible to realize little objects like tool handles, half of corkscrews... The violin makers use it too.

It's an African tree exported more particularly from Cameroon and Gabon. This name Bubinga defines three high species (30 meter) with thin round trunks. A similar wood exists in the south of Central Africa called "copal wood of Rhodesia".

Its colour is strong brown with some veins often darker but whose colour becomes fade when the wood stays a long time exposed to the air. Its texture is fine enough with a middle texture. Its aspect becomes very interesting when the grain is undulating or irregular. It's a heavy wood with a great specific weight.

The bubinga seasones well but slowly. It's stable at the use when it's dry. Durable and strong, it's not very elastic however.

This wood is used more particularly for the marquetry but also to make some objects like handles of knives, pedestals, articles of desk. Its resistance makes it possible to use it for outside woodwork. The varnishing is easy.

This wood is exported from Ceylan and south and central India.

This tree has a little size enough because it measures about 15 meter with a diameter of 30 cm.

Its colour is golden yellow to golden brown. But it can be different according to the trees.

It's a heavy wood, durable and strong. Its texture is fine and regular, intermingled with a striped motive. A neat finishing makes it possible to obtain a perfectly polished surface and a beautiful glazed effect.

It's difficult to work, by hand like machine. Its gluing can pose a problème too. Its seasoning is critical because this wood has a tendency to buckle and split on the surface.

Well known as far back as the nineteenth century, it's used punctually by the cabinet makers. It's used for the making of little objects and veneering principally.